Sentences with phrase «controlled by a rat»

He's having his movements controlled by a rat!

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«The KRG - controlled pipeline is currently the only outlet for crude from northern Iraq, excluding transport by truck,» says Rats, noting that the latest commentary from OPEC delegates suggests that they will extend their agreement to limit production.

Stringer described the city's decision to terminate 63 pest control workers last year as «an absurd decision that could only be welcomed by New York's huge rat population.»

The researchers also found that contact inhibition in naked mole rats is controlled by two genes, p16 and p27, while in humans it is primarily controlled by p27.

The team injected chemicals similar to those released in a healthy rat by the brainstem pathways that activate nerves controlling lower body movement.

Gatenby calls this strategy an evolutionary double bind, and he explains it like this: imagine trying to control a population of rats by introducing predators, such as hawks, that can pick them off from the sky.

The rats that were forced to exercise had immune responses 20 % to 30 % weaker than those of control animals that didn't exercise at all, while the immune responses of the animals that exercised by choice were enhanced.

A team led by biologist Tracy - Ann Read of the University of Bergen, Norway, found that rats with brain tumors who received the capsules in their brains survived 84 % longer than control rats.

A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research demonstrates in a carefully controlled series of studies that the self - administration of nicotine by rats suppresses body weight gain independent of food intake.

NEUROTROPIC EFFECT of NGF was demonstrated by injecting the factor into the brain of newborn rats for 10 days; the control animals were injected with saline solution only.

Hypoxia was induced by placing rats in a large Plexiglas chamber in which oxygen content was maintained at 6 % — 7 % using a ProOx oxygen control module (Biospherix, Redfield, NY).

Astrocyte number (GFAP +) was higher in NP - iPSC - 21 and -42 rats than the controls and 3 - NP - iPSC - 7 rats, although this was not due to iPSCs differentiating into astrocytes as found by colocalization studies, contrary to previous studies [9].

Rat anti-mouse ST2 - blocking Ab and mouse IgG1 isotype control Ab were provided by Amgen.

L - arginine administration induced AP in WNIN / Gr - Ob and control rats as demonstrated by an increase in serum lipase and amylase levels.

The progression of retinal dystrophy in the RCS rat is such that by 13 weeks post-graft most of the ONL has disappeared [33] and the photoreceptor outer segment layer is reduced to a debris zone [40], a finding we observed in dystrophic controls.

Hafizur RM, Kabir N, and Chishti S. Asparagus officinalis extract controls blood glucose by improving insulin secretion and β - cell function in streptozotocin - induced type 2 diabetic rats.

The rats that ate a diet supplemented by 2 percent with blackberries displayed better motor performance, balance and coordination than the control group.

The pilot study, conducted by Dr. Keiko Abe of the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, showed that healthy laboratory rats fed a diet in which some of the carbohydrate was replaced with pure maple syrup from Canada, yielded significantly better results in liver function tests than the control groups fed a diet with a syrup mix containing a similar sugar content as maple syrup.

Over 30 days, groups of 5 - 6 control or STZ rats were allowed free food access, starved overnight, or exposed to a restricted food supply comparable to that ingested by the intermittently fasting animals.

The IL -6-aluminum adjuvant connection was found in study [Alawdi et al 2016] where scientists were using aluminum to induce Alzheimer's in rats, «The results also showed that aluminum administration increased the hippocampus pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF - α by 3.8-fold, IL - 6 by 4-fold, and iNOS by 3.8-fold compared to the normal control group.»

In this sci - fi thriller, based on a novel by Michael Crichton, a scientist decides to be the lab rat in an experimental surgery to control his violent tendencies.

Learning to control his anger while seeking a cure for the gamma poisoning that causes him to mutate when his heart rate accelerates, Banner's plans are interrupted when General Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross (William Hurt) sends in a Special Ops unit — led by ex-KGB mercenary Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth)-- to capture him and study like a lab rat.

Buoyed by imaginative gadgets and disguises, and accompanied by his assistant and confidante, Dr. David Q. Dawson, Basil uncovers a villainous plot spearheaded by a slimy, contemptible sewer rat, Dr. Ratigan, to replace Moustoria, Queen of the Mice, with a look - alike robot that will leave him free to take control of the entire rodent population of London.

The car also has a new Teen Driver feature that rats on your offspring by keeping track of such items as distance driven, maximum speed, and number of over-speed warnings, and prevents teen drivers from turning off such safety features as stability control and park assist.

These hunting dogs were bred by the indigenous people of Malaysia as a means of controlling vermin like rats and snakes.

Mouse control measures such as mouse trapping will be used to capture the mice and rats Rat infestation can be spotted by the rat poRat infestation can be spotted by the rat porat poop.

CALLISTO distributes an article published in December 2014 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about a fatal case of Rat - Bite fever in San Diego County, California, USA.

In addition to their ability to maintain sensitivity to unexpected events against a background of expected stressors, Novel rats also exhibit reduced emotional reactivity measured in the open field (11, 22), enhanced HPA negative feedback control as indicated by a greater CORT suppression of hippocampal field potentials (23), and a reduced basal CORT concentration (13).

Judging by the increase in the number of grooming episodes in the sitagliptin - treated rats and reduced latency to the first episode in the diprotin A-treated rats compared to the controls, the signs of increased emotional tension were maintained in three - month - old animals.

The damage was caused by mice / rats eating through electrical wiring and the tenants had requested help from the landlord as the vermin come from a neighboring field and are hard to control.